Last year’s champion Titus & Co and AZB & Partners in pool A and Luthra & Luthra and Dua Associates in Pool D emerged victorious in the first set of weekend matches.

Two inaugural matches were played on 30 October followed by another two the next day between teams in Pool A and D as a part of the qualifying round for the quarter-final, semi-finals and final rounds which will be played over the next two months.

Pool A for Titus, AZB

In the first match of 30 October, Titus defeated Trilegal by 66 runs after scoring a robust 142 for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Trilegal, which won the toss, in turn chased only 76 runs total for the loss of 9 wickets in 17 overs.

In the second match in Pool A, AZB & Partners triumphed over S&R Associates. After winning the toss and electing to field first AZB managed to score 107 runs in just 16.3 overs in response to S&R’s total of 106.

AZB bowler Rachit Bahl was accorded the man of the match title.

Pool D for Luthra, Dua

The intra-Pool D matches that were played on 31 October had Luthra & Luthra facing off rivals DSK Legal while Dua Associates took on K&S Partners.

Despite winning the toss and electing to bat first DSK Legal was all out in 18.1 overs with 104 runs in the kitty, which Luthra swiftly chased under 10 overs after losing only a single wicket.

Luthra all-rounder Manish Gupta picked up man of the match for granting a bonus point victory for his team.

Dua Associate played against K&S Partners in the second Pool D match and won after successfully chasing a total of over 141 bench-marked total runs made by K&S.

Angad Verma of Dua Associates stood tall as the man of the match.

Last year Titus & Co won the tournament against Saikrishna after scoring 205 runs.

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